Tie presser



. INVENTOR w M I y M a d} 411 Apr; 3, 1923. 1,4i5@,8311 W. H ATWOOD TIE PRIES SER I Filed June 50, 1922 WITNESS: m-roRNEY WALTER H. .ATWOOD, OF WALIDEN, NEW YOBIK.

TIE PRESSER.

Application filed June 30, 1922. Serial No. 571,876.

To allwlwm it may concern: gether by a spring clip 4: which is fixed to Be it known that I, WALTER H. Arwooo, each board by rivets 4t and permits the a citizen of the United States, residing at boards to be moved towards and from each l/Valden, in the county of Orange and State other. The clamping bolts 5 are of l. shape 5 of New York, have invented new and useful with the ends of the long limbs threaded to Improvements in Tie Pressers of which the receive the nuts 6. The short limbs have following is a specification. their extremities bent over and these limbs This invention relates to a press, the genare flattened as shown at 7. The bolts pass eral object of the invention being to provide through holes 8 in the bottom board and 0 a means of pressing neck-ties, so as to keep through notches 9 in the top board and when the ties in shape and free of wrinkles withthe bolts are in clamping position the bent out the necessity of ironing them. extremities engage recesses 10 in the top Another ObJGCt of the invention IStO proboard, whlch prevent the bolts from turning vide means whereby a plurality of ties may while the nuts are being tightened.

15 be held in the press at the same time and From the foregoing it will be seen that by also to so arrange the parts that the ties loosening the nuts the bolts can be turned may be easily and quickly removed from until their bent ends face outwardly, as and replaced in the press. shown in Figures 4 and 5, so that the top The invention also consists in certain board can be lifted off to permit the middle 20 other features of construction and in the boards and the ties to be removed. /Vhen combination and arrangement of the several the ties are to be put in the press they are parts, to be hereinafter fully described, placed on the middle boards and these boards illustrated in the accompanying drawings With the ties thereon are placed between the and specifically pointed out in the appended top and bottom boards of the press. The 7 25 claim. bolts are then swung around so as to place In describing my invention in detail, reftheir enlarged eXtrenJiit-ies in the recesses and erence will be had to the accompanying the nuts are then tightened to move the drawings wherein like characters denote like outer boards towards each other and thus or corresponding parts throughout the sevpress the ties between the boards. 30 eral, views and in which It is thought from the foregoing descrip- Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. tion that the advantages and novel features Figure 2 is a side view thereof. of my invention will be readily understood. Figure 3 is a section on line 8-3 of Fig- I desire it to be understood that I may ure 1. make changes in the construction and in the 35 Figure 4 is a similar view but showing the combination and arrangement of the several clamping bolts in inoperative position. parts, provided that such changes fall with- Figure 5 is a. fragmentary plan view shown the scone Of the appended claim. ing the bolts in inoperative position. Having thus described my invention what Figure 6 is a similar view of the top board I clalm as new is 40 with the bolts removed. A press of the fess described. comprising Figure 7 is a view of one of the middle a top board and a bottom board. a spring boards. clip for connecting the boards together at In these views, 1 indicates the upper board one end, the top board having notches in its and 2 the lower board of the clamp or press. side edges and recesses in its upper face. t.

45 A number of middle boards 3 are also inshaped bolts carried by the bottom board cluded in the invention, over which the ties and engaging the notches in the top board, shown at A are looped. The boards are prefeach bolt having a projection on its extrem erably of the shape of the ties to be pressed ity for engaging a recess when the bolts are but considerably larger, as shown in Figure 1 in clamping position and nuts on the bolts. in full and dotted lines. The top and bottom In testimony whereof I afrlx my signature. boards have their small ends connected to- WALTER H. ATWOOD. 

